Shares in BNP Paribas fell for the second day running after the bank unnerved markets by freezing some funds due to subprime concerns.
Shares in BNP Paribas, France's biggest listed bank, were down 3.5 per cent at €79.68 earlier today and were among the top losers on France's benchmark CAC-40 index.
The stock had closed down 3.4 per cent yesterday.
BNP Paribas said yesterday it had temporarily frozen €1.6 billion worth of funds due to problems in the US subprime mortgage sector.
